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Historical Event on 2/16/1986

The Silver Jubilee of I.N.S.- Vikrant, India's only aircraft carrier, fails.

Other Historical Dates and Events
12/6/1987MiG-29, re-christened `Baaz', inducted into the Indian Air Force.
4/29/1939Netaji resigned from the Congress and established his own party, the Forward Block and created a political deadlock in India.
12/8/1911Gaandhiji invites Gokhale to South Africa.
3/23/1947Lord Mountbatten was sent as a Viceroy to India who was designated to free India.
2/16/1931Viceroy Lord Irwin meets Mahatma Gandhi for the first time.
11/6/1913Mohandas K. Gandhi, leader of Indian Passive Resistance Movement, was arrested for leading Indian miners march in South Africa by British troops.
6/22/1994Law for the betterment of women introduced.
1/12/1955Pandit Baburao Vishnu Paradkar, eminent Hindi editor and veteran journalist, passed away.
1/1/1981Colaba District renamed as Raigad District.
7/25/1987Giani Zail Singh (1916-1994) retired from the post of seventh President.